trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
company; corporation; workplace
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to move (house); to change residence
living by oneself; living alone
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
and; thereupon; because of that
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
true character; real nature
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
tedious; boring; being fed up with
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to hurt; to smart; to sting
sunlight; rays of the Sun
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
of course; certainly; naturally
to be kind to; to treat kindly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)